The Driving School Association of the Americas

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The Driving School Association of the Americas

• The Standard in Driver Education and Traffic
  Safety Since 1973

www.theDSAA.org
Bud Chauncy
President


Email Bud_at_FirstClassDrivingSchool.com
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The Driving School Association of the Americas

• A nonprofit trade association founded in 1973
• Founded on four cornerstones of commitment
• Education Professionalism Ethics Business
• Our primary mission is to organize all driving
  schools for the purpose of establishing the
  highest possible educational standards, while
  promoting traffic safety
• Educational opportunities through international
  conferences, regional seminars and publication of
  The Dual News magazine

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The Driving School Association of Louisiana

• Saving Lives in Louisiana Since 1995

www.DSAL.org
Bud Chauncy
President


Email Bud_at_FirstClassDrivingSchool.com
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4 Es of Traffic Safety

• ENGINEERING
• ENFORCEMENT
• EDUCATION
• EMERGENCY SERVICES

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Traffic Safety Education

• Educating the general driving pubic in anything
  has and will always be a slow and challenging
  task
• Many respected agencies across the nation have
  surrendered to the thought that driver behavior
  cannot be changed by education

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Traffic Safety Education

• Ever since the DeKalb Study in 1974 Drivers
  Education has taking a back seat to the other 3
  Es of Traffic Safety
• That all changed on January 23, 2003 in Belgrade,
  Montana.
• On that day, 3 teens and their drivers ed
  instructor were all killed when their vehicle
  lost control on an icy rural road and collided
  with a tractor trailer

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Traffic Safety Education

• By October 2003 the NTSB held a public forum on
  Driver Education
• The NTSB then concluded that there should be some
  kind of National Standard or Best Practices for
  Drivers Education
• And now with an act of Congress, NHTSA has been
  charged with undertaking this task

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Traffic Safety Education

• As a result of this mandate, on May 7th 8th,
  two of my DSAA colleagues and I will travel to
  Washington DC to meet with the NHTSA consulting
  firm along with a select group of traffic safety
  officials across the U.S.
• The Objective of this meeting to develop a
  consensus of national standards for driver
  education

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Creating Best Practices

• Data Driven Training
• Greater focus on BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
• Increase behind the wheel portion of driver
  education to a standard of at least 10 hours
• Visual Scanning Skills
• Proactive approach to prevention of crashes
• Segment II driver education
• More demanding road skills test

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Creating a Safer Louisiana

• Tapping into our own home grown expertise DSAL
  owners instructors
• Training Standards
• Continuing Education
• Electronic Accountability Audits
• Communication

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The FUTURE is promising for the Education of The
Driver
The key to its success will be how well we
collectively create a more PROACTIVE approach to
the 4 Es of Traffic Safety
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The Driving School Association of the Americas

• The Standard in Driver Education and Traffic
  Safety Since 1973

www.theDSAA.org
Bud Chauncy
President


Email Bud_at_FirstClassDrivingSchool.com
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